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When Friendship Is the Real Love Story

These books center the intimacy of our platonic bonds, and the heartbreak of watching them change

Jul 17 - Rebecca Chace

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I Didn’t Want to Fly Fish, But I Loved Him Enough to Learn

I wanted to associate myself with what he loved, in order to be closer to him

Jul 16 - Rebecca Swanberg

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The Bruised Apple Tumbles Far From the Tree

Two poems by Danielle Shandiin Emerson

Jul 15 - Danielle Shandiin Emerson

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Coming of Age in Florida’s Turbulent Waters

In her debut poetry collection "Bottom Feeders," Arielle Hebert explores personal and ecological erosion in the Sunshine State

Jul 14 - Sam Risak

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Being a Novelist Only Costs Romantic Compromises and Debilitating Debt

An excerpt from FAMOUS MEN by Julie Buntin, recommended by Chelsea Bieker

Jul 13 - Julie Buntin

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We’ve Made a Mess of Masculinity, but I Believe It Can Change

Let us talk through the crisis among men with intimacy and grace

Jul 10 - Brian Lin

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The Bruised Apple Tumbles Far From the Tree

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Jul 15 - Danielle Shandiin Emerson

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An excerpt from FAMOUS MEN by Julie Buntin, recommended by Chelsea Bieker

Jul 13 - Julie Buntin

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The Bittersweet Cruelty of a Rerun

Two poems by Lindsay D'Andrea

Jul 8 - Lindsay D’Andrea

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What Sally Rooney’s Fiction Illuminates About Real-Life Marriage

The problem with the young Irish author was how her writing remained deeply uncynical about love

Jul 9 - Katy Whitehead

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This Family’s Favorite Holiday Game Is Resource Control

An excerpt from THE GREAT WHEREVER by Shannon Sanders, recommended by Dawnie Walton

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A Trans Dad Interrogates the Gendered Experience of Domestic Life

In "What I Made for Dinner," Krys Malcolm Belc uses celebrity food culture to explore gender, parenthood, and the labor of caregiving

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Interlocking skylines orbit a brilliant sun, spanning lives from Lebanon to Dearborn

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